1997 Jerold Mackenzie awarded $266M for being fired from Miller Brewing for sexual harrassment for relaying a Seinfeld episode to a co worker
1993 Doris Duke, heiress (American Tobacco Co), dies at 80
1992 Joe Shuster, co creator (Superman), dies at 78
1987 Henry Ford II, president Ford Motor Co, dies at 70
1987 Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials
1987 Tony Stratton-Smith, journalist/record co CEO (Charisma), dies at 53
1987 163 day strike against Deere and Co ends, workers accept wage freeze
1986 Ron Kass, record co President (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer
1985 1,400 meatpackers walk off the job at a Geo A Hormel and Co plant
1985 Coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke
1982 1st issue of "USA Today" published by Gannett Co Inc
1982 Patrick Dewaere, actor (Catherine and Co), shoots self at 35
1981 Coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business
1981 Seven Brothers Square in Bronx named honoring 7 Santini Bro Moving Co
1981 Donielle Thompson, Wheatridge CO, gymnast, World-bronze-95, Oly-96
1977 Geraldine Brooks, actress (Faraday and Co, Dumplings), dies at 51
1974 Jennifer LeRoy, Craig CO, playmate, Feb, 1993
1971 KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (PBS) 1st broadcast
1969 69 cm rainfall in Nelson Co., Virginia (state record)
1968 Janis Joplin announces she's leaving "Big Brother and Holding Co"
1966 Deena Wigger, Colorado Springs CO, U.S. shooter 1992 Olympics
1965 KREZ TV channel 6 in Durango, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
1964 KTVS TV channel 3 in Sterling, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting
1962 New Orleans Citizens Co gives free 1-way ride to blacks to move North
1959 Missie McGeorge, Pueblo CO, LPGA golfer, 1994 PING-Cellular One
1959 42.4 cm rainfall in Decatur Co, Iowa (state record)
1957 Ford Motor Co introduces Edsel
1956 KREY TV channel 10 in Montrose, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 KRMA TV channel 6 in Denver, CO (PBS) begins broadcasting
1954 CIA exile army lands in Guatemala, JF Dulles and United Fruit Co
1954 KREX TV channel 5 in Grand Junction, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 KOA (now KCNC) TV channel 4 in Denver, CO (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 KMGH TV channel 7 in Denver, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 KRDO TV channel 13 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (ABC) 1st broadcast
1953 KOAA TV channel 5 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (NBC) 1st broadcast
1952 KKTV TV channel 11 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (CBS) 1st broadcast
1952 KBTV (now KUSA) TV channel 9 in Denver, CO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1952 KWGN TV channel 2 in Denver, CO (IND) begins broadcasting
1952 R. W. Eaks, Colorado Springs CO, Nike golfer, 1990 Quicksilver Open
1951 Tom Hamilton, Colorado Springs Co, rock bassist, Aerosmith-Dream On
1951 Janet Collins, ballerina, 1st Black dancer with Opera Co, Aida
1947 Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Co's Mine #5 killing 111
1946 Michael Ovitz, president, Walt Disney Co
1946 British North Borneo Co transfers rights to British crown
1946 Cynthia Gregory, born in Louisiana, ballerina, New York Ballet Co
1945 Martine van Hamel, Brussels Belgium, ballerina, New York City Ballet Co
1944 Peter Albin, born in San Francisco, California, rocker, Big Brother and Holding Co
1944 Kelly Bishop, CO, actress, Unmarried Woman, Advice to Lovelorn
1942 Patricia McBride, Teaneck, New Jersey, ballerina, New York City Ballet Co
1942 Capitol Record Co. opens for business
1941 Sam Andrew, rocker, Big Brother and The Holding Co
1941 Karin von Aroldingen, born in Germany, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet Co
1941 Bulova Watch Co pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial
1940 49 die and 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ)
1939 Earl Cairns, CEO, S G Warburg and Co
1937 Pullman Co formally recognizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
1937 J S Jennings, CEO, Shell Transport and Trading Co
1937 Los Angeles Railway Co. starts using PCC streetcars
1936 Anthony Loehnis, vice chairman, S G Warburg and Co
1935 Kurt Tucholsky, Ger journalist and writer (Panter, Tiger and Co), dies at 45
1935 1st canned beer, "Krueger Cream Ale," is sold by Kruger Brewing Co
1933 Delivery of 1st singing telegram (Postal Telegram Co New York City)
1932 Kazuo Inamori, Japanese business executive, Kyocera Ceramics Co
1931 Yvonne Keuls, [Bamberg], Dutch writer, Jan Rap and Co
1931 Vance DeVoe Brand, Longmont Co, astro, Apollo 18, STS-5, 41B, 35
1926 National Broadcasting Co created by Radio Corporation of America
1925 Geraldine Brooks, New York City, actr, Faraday and Co, Dumplings, Act of Murder
1924 KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
1924 Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co
1923 Disney company founded
1923 Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co
1922 KLZ-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
1921 J E Clair of Acme Packing Co of Green Bay granted an NFL franchise
1921 Oldest radio station west of Mississippi River licensed in Greeley Co
1920 Walt Disney starts 1st job as an artist; $40 week with Kansas City Slide Co.
1919 Liberty Life Insurance Co (Chicago) organized by blacks
1917 Joseph Coors, CEO, Adolph Coors Co Brewery
1917 Telephone Co runs 1st ad for Army operators, gets 7,000 applicants
1917 Henry Ford II, automaker, Ford Motor Co
1916 Boeing Co (Pacific Aero) formed by William Boeing in Seattle Wash
1916 Ken Curtis, [Curtis Gates], Lamar CO, actor, Ripcord, Festus-Gunsmoke
1916 Enrico Caruso recorded "O Solo Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Co
1914 Greyhound Bus Co begins in Minnesota
1914 Henry Colijn appointed as director of Bataafsche Petroleum Co
1914 Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hr day to $5.00/8-hr day
1913 William Hewlett, cofounder, Hewlett-Packard Co
1913 Lord Aberconway, CEO, John Brown and Co
1912 Doris Duke, New York City, heiress, American Tobacco Co
1910 Chalmers Auto Co offers a new car to each leagues' batting champ
1909 1st Christmas Club payment made, to Carlisle Trust Co, Pa
1909 A. J. Reach Co. patents cork-centered baseball
1908 Harriette Arnow, Wayne Co, Kentucky, novelist, Dollmaker
1906 Soichiro Honda, Japan, founder/CEO, Honda Motor Co
1906 WK Kellogg and Ch Bolin find Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co.
1904 Grant Withers, Pueblo CO, actor, Oklahoma, Annie
1904 Marconi Co establishes "CQD" as 1st International radio distress signal
1903 Ronald Stewart, CEO, London Brick Co
1901 Cadillac Co forms
1900 Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co
1898 Sajjid Ahmad Chan, co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80
1898 1st auto insurance policy in U.S. issued, by Travelers Insurance Co
1894 American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Co
1892 Diamond Match Co patented book matches
1891 George A Hormel and Co introduce Spam
1891 Operations begin at Philips and Co in Holland
1890 Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist and writer, Panther Tiger and Co
1887 Huntsville Electric Co forms to sell electricity
1885 Erskine Sanford, Trinidad CO, actor, Angel on My Shoulder
1885 Eastman Film Co. manufactures 1st commercial motion picture film
1883 Lon Chaney, CO, man of 1000 faces, actor, High Noon, Phantom of Opera
1882 Telegraph Hill RR Co organized
1881 William Edward Boeing, founded aircraft co, Boeing
1881 De Lesseps' Co begins work on Panama Canal
1878 California St. Cable Car RR Co starts service
1876 California Street Cable Car Railroad Co gets its franchise
1876 Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football
1874 Arthur Hoyt, born in Georgetown CO, actor, Gold Dust Gertie, Goldie Get Along
1873 Black Friday: Jay Cooke and Co fails, causing a securities panic
1873 Government bond agent Jay Cooke and Co collapses, causing panic on Wall St
1873 Fred Stone, Longmont CO, acrobat/Broadway actor, Alice Adams
1873 1st contract workers of British-Indies Co arrives in Suriname
1868 Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms
1867 1st telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck and Co, New York
1867 Otto Hermann Kahn, Banker, organized Metropolitan Opera Co
1867 Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. issues 1st policy
1866 Nitroglycerine at Wells Fargo and Co office explodes
1863 Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered, 1st accident insurer
1862 Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder, Doubleday and Co
1858 RH Macy and Co opens 1st store, (6th Ave-NYC) Gross receipts $1106
1858 Hudson's Bay Co rights to Vancouver Island revoked
1854 Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, 1st in U.S., incorporated in New York City
1850 Knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized
1849 Vancouver Island granted to Hudson's Bay Co
1847 1st U.S. telegraph co established in Maryland
1839 Gustavus Franklin Swift, founded Swift and Co
1830 Joseph Smith and 5 others organizes Mormon church in Seneca Co, New York
1826 Canada Co chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario)
1817 1st U.S. gas co incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights)
1816 Gas Light Co of Baltimore founded
1811 Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, Dutch dir-gen of East Indies Co, dies at 49
1810 John Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon)
1810 1st insurance co managed by blacks (American Insurance Co of Phila)
1805 Henry Wells, founder, American Express Co and Wells Fargo and Co
1784 John McLoughlin, Hudson's Bay Co pioneer in Oregon Country
1755 Transylvania Land Co. buys Kentucky for $50,000 from a Cherokee chief
1675 1st American commercial corporation chartered (New York Fishing Co)
1655 Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam
1629 Dutch West Indies Co grants religious freedom in West Indies
1629 Cambridge Agreement, Mass Bay Co stockholders agree to emigrate
1621 WIC, West Indian Co, under Heeren XIX, founded
1609 Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co.
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